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Dirk Schiemann
When learning backgammon, the first impression that most players get
is that the game is mainly about getting your checkers around the board
as quickly as possible. For them the rule of thumb “When in doubt hit!”
makes perfect sense since hitting fits neatly into a racing strategy.
However,
I think in order to become a good player you need to get rid of this
simple rule at some stage of your learning process. Even though hitting
is indeed the default play in many situations, there are others where it
is a big mistake. The purpose of this book is to shed some light on the
various strategic and tactical factors that determine whether to hit.
Super Grandmaster and Online World Champion Dirk Schiemann was born in Dinslaken Germany in 1970. In the mid-nineties, he became a professional backgammon player and began traveling to international tournaments.
After a 13-year break, he resumed his backgammon career in 2017. In 2018 he became World Team Champion with Germany and won the Bahamas Invitational. In 2021 he won the UBC Contender tournament and published the groundbreaking work, The Theory of Backgammon.
Dirk gives private backgammon lessons and can be found playing online on Backgammon Galaxy and on Backgammon Studio Heroes where he won the invitational tournament “Best of the Best” three times in a row from 2021 to 2023.
Dirk Schiemann
Monte Carlo 1996 Semi Final
Copacabana 1996
Rio de Janeiro 1996
Moneygame Wilcox Costa Rica 1997
vs Falafel Dallas 1998
Moscow 1999
Cyprus 2021 Online Match Zdenek
First Porta Nigra Invitational Trier 2019
Team Final Gibraltar 2018
Trier 2021 Singles
Trier 2021 Team
UBC 2021 Marbella
UBC 2021 Marbella
UBC Final 2021 Istanbul
UBC Final 2021 Istanbul
